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Oct 12, 1492
The Discovery of America by Columbus
On this date, Christopher Columbus completed his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean and reached an island that he proceeded to name San Salvador. -
The Settlement of Jamestown
English men and boys departed onto their journey to Virginia on 3 boats on December 6th, 1606. Once they arrived in North America, they settled on Jamestown, Virginia which later became the first permanent English settlement in North America. Jamestown Island ceased to be a town in 1699 after the government and capital were moved to Middle Plantation, renamed Williamsburg because of previous fires that struck Jamestown. -
The French and Indian War
British Empire Colonies in North America fought against French Colonies primarily over territory. -
The Boston Tea Party
An act of protest to the British Parliament’s tax on tea. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
Massachusetts colonists defied British authority in this first battle of the American Revolution to earn their independence. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was meant to announce the creation of a new country and explain separation from Great Britain. -
The Battle of Yorktown
British forces surrendered to the French allies along with the Continental Army, this is proven to be a vital role of the American Revolution. -
The Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention was met in Philadelphia to address the weaknesses of the central government and to create a government that could act on a national level with its own power. -
The invention of the Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin is a machine that can easily separate cotton fibers from their seeds. -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
The Alien and Sedition Acts were a set of four laws that violated the First Amendment, applying restrictions to immigration and speech. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase between France and the United States of imperial rights to the western half of the Mississippi river. -
The invention of the Electric Light
The Electric Light was first constructed in 1879 by Thomas Edison, however in 1806, Humphry Davy introduced an electric arc lamp. -
The War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and the United Kingdom. Primarily against the impressions of American Sailors, however, disagreements over trading, western expansion and Native American Policy led to the war. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise divided the nation from East to South. Between free and slave states. -
Andrew Jackson’s Election
Andrew Jackson’s Election showed a noticeable rise in Democracy and the implementation of the Second Party System from the First Party System. -
The Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was the forced migration of over 60,000 people from Native American Indian tribes. -
The Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States where profits, prices, and wages dropped. -
The invention of the Telegraph
The Telegraph would transmit paper information via wire or radio wave. -
The Mexican-American War
The Mexican-American War was a disputed boundary between the United States and Mexico which caused an Invasion of Mexico by the United States Army. -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 called for California to be a ‘free state,’ strengthened the fugitive slave laws, banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C, defined Western and Northern borders for Texas, and established a territorial government for the territory of New Mexico and Utah. -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
The Firing on Fort Sumter began because a federal fort was blocking an important sea port. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all slaves were to be freed. -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
These three amendments, known as the "Reconstruction Amendments," were meant to provide African American people with the rights and protections of citizenship. -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
This was one of the last battles in the Civil War as Robert E. Lee, commander of all Confederate forces, surrendered his army at Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant early in the morning. -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
John Wilkes Booth shot the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, while he was attending the play, "Our American Cousin," at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
35 senators voted to impeach Johnson because of his high crimes and misdemeanors. -
The invention of the Telephone
In 1849, Antonio Meucci invented the first phone, while Frenchman Charles Bourseul developed a phone in 1854, Alexander Graham Bell was the first to U.S patent the device in 1876. -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
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The Homestead Strike
The Homestead Strike was an industrial strike where a dispute between workers and hired Pinkerton security guards ended in 16 deaths and numerous injuries. -
The Pullman Strikes
The Pullman Strikes were a nationwide railroad strike that molded national labor policy in the United States. -
The Spanish-American War
The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the United States and Spain after the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba. -
The invention of the Airplane
The idea was first addressed to a distinguished group of Chicago engineers by Wilbur Wright. On December 17, 1903, the first successful airplane flew over Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
After the assassination of President William McKinley; Theodore Roosevelt becomes president.